The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949 Page: 1 of 12
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The Navasota Examiner
AND GRIMRS COUNTY REVIEW
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VOLUME LIV
NAVASOTA. GRIMES COUNTT. TEXAS THURSDAY AUG. 4. 1949
NUMBER 41
Pratt Purchases
Rattler Football
Practice To Begin
practice
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the high school courts.
A. D. Pratt
is vice-president of the latter
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anxious to x ray healthy people
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president, said Tuesday . The first
project will be that of sending
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INSTRUCTOR
Johnson and Nolan
W. T. Wilcox, O. Dan Carter, Mr.
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Red Cross Water Safety
Class To Begin Monday
Fire Damages
Home of Miss
. Results obtained thus far are
as follows: T. H. Terrell over R.
A. Patout Jr.; 6-1, 6-4; Rev. E. C.
Barrow over George Cook, 6 love.
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H. H. Moore Gets
First Bale of
Trade Territory
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EXPERIENCED
SAFETY ENGINEER
WILL BE IN CHARGE
George Harris Burton, Ameri-
can Red Cross representative for
first aid, safety and accident
prevention services will be in
charge of a water safety instruc-
tor’s course, which will be con-
ducted at the municipal pool
here beginning Monday, Aug-
ust 8, at 8 a. m. and continuing
through August 19.
The 10-day course will be con-
ducted under the supervision of
Charles Cummings.
Strong swimmers of Navasota
and neighboring cities, 19 years
of age and older, are eligible
to participate. Invitations have
been sent out to all Red Cross
■ because experience shows that
many cases of unhealthy chest I
| conditions do exist even though
tor sin
WILDCAT TOK
STAKED ON SITE
NEAR ANDERSON
R. N. Ranger and R. L. Kirk-
wood are reported to be making
preparations for the Na l 1, P.
Bradley wildcat in the M. D.
Black survey one milt north of
Anderson.
working in teams of two can-
vassed the city Tuesday, morn-
ing in an attempt to raise money
for sponsoring school recreation
activities during the forthcoming
1949-50 school year. The final re-
port on Tuesday’s membership
drive will be made Saturday
morning when officers and di-
building from the Dow Chemi-
cal Company.
During the time that he has
made his home here, Pratt has
been an outstanding leader in
< both church and civic affairs,
having served two years as presi-
dent of the Creath-Brazos (Bap-
tist) Association, one term as
president of the Navasota Ki-
' wanis club and recently serv-
ed on the nominating committee
for the State Baptist Brother-
hood. At the present time, he is
’ teaching a men’s Bible class at
* the First Baptist church, and is
completing his third term as
city commissioner. He is a mem-
ber of the board of directors of
of Edna, a;
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VACANCY ON
CITY COMMISSION
H. H. Moore & Son ginned the Preston Nobles. right fielder for the Navasota All-Stars, slides in
first bale of 1949 cotton at Moore t for Navasota's lone score against Howell Lumber Company of
Bros, gin here last Friday, July Bryan Monday night. The latter team came out on top 5 to 1 in
29, at 3 p.m. This was ten days the opening game of the Lions club's softball tournament,
later than the first bale last —Photo by Weston Emley
year, which was brought in by1
Moore Bros. July 19 and 1 day
later than the first 1947 bale
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ions for the 1949 season will
get’ underway Monday, August
15, Head Coch Bob Porter an-
nounced Saturday.
It will be a green squad of
approximately 19 hopefuls fac-
ing Coach Porter with Robert
Bailey and Homer Stewart, ends,
las the only returning .starters
■ from the district championship
team of 1948. Returning letter-
men who saw very, little action
dr two sons.
brought in by Harris and sons
July 28.
For the sixth consecutive year,
Fletcher Yarbrough of Navasota
purchased the first bale at a
premium price of 35 cents per
pound. The cotton, raised at Al-
len Farm, was middling-inch
and one-thirty-second.
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Mrs. Ledbetter
Elected Home-
Making Teacher
Mrs. Imogene Ledbetter of Col-
lege Station was elected high
school homemaking teacher at
the most recent school board
meeting. Mrs. Ledbetter, a grad-
uate of Midland high school, re-
ceived her bachelor of science:
degree from T. S. C- W. in 1940.
She has had five years teaching
experience and recently resighed
as home demonstration agent of
Glasscock and Marfin counties
to accept the position here.
chum and John Bullard, tackles.
Good prospects for this year's
eleven, all of whom have had
B squad experience, are Kennth
Allen and Donald Rhodes backs;
3,500 population near Freeport.
Mr. and Mrs. Pratt and their
two daughters, Phyllis Jean and
Shaaron, will move to that city
the latter part of this month.
Pratt will open his store
named, "The Style Mart,” with
a complete inventory of new
merchandise. He is leasing the
■rectors of the organization meet
over a cup of coffee at the Co-
lonial Cafe at 8 a. m.
“Money thus raised will be
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Navasota Tennis
Tournament
Gets Underway
Men’s singles matches of the
annual tennis tournament, spon.
sored by the Navasota tennis
New Braunfels during the latter
part of this mth.)
Holder’s of Quartrbark Club
membership cards will be given
first option on reserve seat seas-
on ticket sales which will get
underway later this, month or
during the first’ of September.
Quarterback club memberships
last year ar Boyd Cummings,
Thurston Rhodes and Joe McDeu- . -----—
gald, backs; Bill Valenta and eclub, got underway Monday at
Ira Floyd, Jr., guards; R. Good- "" ""h 1 1 *
man, center; and Everard Ket-
Lake Jackson Store «« wyanzAMEasoonEend
D. A. Chairman, and member of
the White Hall Club and Mrs.
Hannah Steinhagen, member of
the Piedmont-Erwin Club were
elected as delegates to the state
meeting of the Texas Home De-
monstration Association at the
meeting of the Grimes County
Home Demonstration Council on
July 27th. Mrs. Paul Keeland of
the Lynn Grove-Courtney Club
was elected first alternate and
Mrs. Roy Ferguson of the Shiro-
Roans Prairie Club was elected
second alternate. Each Club was
allowed a nominee .
The state meeting will be held
in Mineral Wells on September
21, 22, and 23. Upon their return
the delegates will report on the
meeting to each club in the co-
unty, since all clubs helped to
finance the trip.
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McBride Signs
Football Contract
With Pittsburg
Jack McBride of Shim, former
Rice Institute letterma and Na-
vasota high school great of sever-
al years back, who is now serv-
ing as athletic director at the
Houston Country Club, will next
week become Grimes county’s
only representative in profession-
al football circles. He recently
signed with the team of Pitts-
burg. Pennsylvania.
Jack will make the trip to
Pittsburg next week in his fath-
er’s private plane and with his
father, Jack McBride, Sr., at the
wheel.
• CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME WILL BE
PLAYED FRIDAY
Raccoon Bend Howell Lumber
of Bryan, A&M and rcebergs of
Bryan gained semi final berths
in the Lions club’s.sof ba H tour-
! nament early this week.
In the first of a Monday night
; twin-bill, Howell Lumber Co.
-defeated the Navasota All Stars
5 to 1 Preston Nobles, right
fielder, scored Navasota’s lone
■ run in the last of the 4th inning.
1 He got on base with a triple to
right field and scored on a sac-
rifice fly to left field
in the second game Monday
night. Raccoon Bend bl.inked
Wefhitigton 7 to .
I Tesday night it was 2 to 0
. ball games for both stanzas of
the twinbill, with the Bryan Ice-
bergs over Anderson in the first
game 2 to 0 to break a e to 0
deadlock. The latter was a pitch-
ing duel between Gilbert Home-
yer on the mound for Anderson
.and Melvin Luedke Homeyer.
had 10 strikeouts for the even-
ing against 12 for Luedke__
Results last night were How-
ell Lumber Co. over Raecoon Bend.
2 to 1 and Washington oxer Na-
vasota 15 Jo 7.
On deck for tonight will be
A&M vs. Icebergs in the first
game and Bellville vs. Ander-
son in the second game.
The Championship and con-
stflation games wili be played
Friday night.
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Quarterback
Club Members
His move to Lake Jackson
marks the. end of twenty-two
consecutive years with the J. C.
Penny Company. He is a native
of Dublin, Texas and attended
Texas A&M.
City Commission
A successor to Pratt as a mem-
ber of the City Commission will
be appointed by members of
that body in regular session
Friday night, August 5.
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Barrow Compares
World To Growing
Adolescent Giant
“Only through prayer to and
a vital faith in God can ulti-
mate world peace be attained.”
These were the words of the
Emmitt Barrow pastor of the
First Methodist Church, as he
spoke before twenty-three mem-
bers of the Navasota Kiwanis
meeting at their Tuesday noon
luncheon.
The speaker compared our ra-
pidly changing world to an ad-
olescent giant, which is far be-
hind in spiritual development.
"The world today needs a
heart and a soul,” he said. “And
that can come about only
through prayer to God and a
faith in God that is vital enough
to change men’s lives.”
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V. F. W. POST 4006
TO MEET MONDAY
AT COUNTRY CLUB
The next regular meeting of
V. F. W. Post 4006 will be held
Monday, August 8, at 7:30 p.m.
at the August Horst club, Bill
Arrant, commander, announced
Wednesday.
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MRS. LOIS DAVIS
TAKES MANAGEMENT
OF BANK CAFE
Mn. Lois Davis this week suc-
ceeded Mrs. Virgil Baker as
manager of the Bank Cafe. Mrs.
Much of the discussion at the
regular monthly membership
meeting of the Chamber of Com-
merce last Friday noon centered
around the solicitation control
program which went into effect
early this year.
It's one of those things that
can work if given the whole-
hearted support of every mem-
ber merchant That support
chapters id this area.
Before joining the Red Cross
National staff, Burton was em-
ployed by the Continental Cas-
ualty Company and the Texas
—---Insurance Company
— — He
would be pothing more than a-
biding by the agreement con-
tained in the "Notice to Solici-
tors" which can be found on
the wall of almost every busl-
mm house in town.
This agreement reads as fol-
' lows: "We, the undersigned a-
gree to subscribe to no form of
.. special advertising, other than
the regular newspapers, nor to
any charities or solicitations un-
til same has been approved by
a committee of the Chamber of
Commerce and a formal permit
issued in the name of the comm-
ittee by the manager.”
This is not in restraint of trade
' nor is it a slap at any partic-
ular group or organization. It is
purely and simply a protection
for member merchants against
rackets of various kinds and de-
scriptions which. at the present
time, seem to be on the yp-grade.
Since this program has been
z -laced into effect, merchants of
A nis city have been saved sever-
al hundred dollars and this sav-
ing will continue if all will abide
by the agreement cited above.
. In so doing we can rest assur:
•d that no worthwhile cause will
be turned down and that it will
not be used as a tool against
any particular group or organ-
isation. . *
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group of county leaders, sug Ten committees were named
gesting a program to be follow-! and the duties of each clari-
ed in setting up the project, Hefied. Personnel for these com-
pointed out that the x-ray pro: , mil tees will be named next
gram is absolutely free to all week.
and Mrs. Roy Ferguson, Mr.
Hertenberger, and Owen Smith. .
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Sechelski Gins
First Grimes
County Bale
David Sechelski, a veteran of
World War II who is making his
first crop since the end of hos-
tilities on a twenty acre plot at
Grimes Prairie, 4 miles north of
Stoneham, ginned the first bale
of Grimes county cotton at the
S. C. McClosky gin Monday
morning, August 1 at 11 a. m.
The bale, weighing 546 pounds,
was bought by Jim McDonald
of Navasota at the • premium
2"“ #e
grower, a veteran of more than.
organization. He has also serv-
ed as Grimes county chairman
for the annual Cancer fund drive
and has been active in Boy Scout •
work of this city.
ed volunteer
... . Hall. J. A. Moody, Mrs Lillian
streets last Saturday afternoon at Stoneham, Mrs. R. A. Patout. Jr.,
2p.m. W. T. Wilcox. O. Dan Carter, Mr
Sunday afternoon, but caused
only slight damage.
A thermostat was knocked off
a water heater at the home of
Mr. and Mrs Lehmann, corner
of Nolan and McAlpine. Mem-
bers of the family were sitting
within a few feet of the heater,
but did not know what the bolt
had hit until after they had.
called the fire department "just
to play safe.” Mrs. Lehmann
said that no one was upset and
that the flash did not seem to
be too much out of the ordinary.
At approximately the same
time, another bolt of lightning
hit a safe in the Earl Mercer
Photographic shop on Washing-
ton avenue. Mr. Mercer, who
was sitting on the safe, said
that he heard a little click and
saw a spark. When asked if he
was frightened, he replied: "I
didn’t have time to be scared.
I was going too fast to even
think about it!”
Georgia Swanson I x-rayed to learn whether or not.
. ' they "have TB or other diseases |
Defective wiring was thoughtJ of the chest." .
to have been the cause of a fire i Those who attended the meet-
which resulted in an estimated । ing were Mr. and Mrs. O. E.
$1,500 damage to the home of Keyser, G. W, Leonard, Virgil
Miss Georgia Swanson at the Cook, Warren E. Branner, Hulon
corner of ----- —* Nele" - -- - —
mystery, but to any event tbs Red Crass first aid. water safety
dity couldn't be 100 years old. and accident prevention instruc-
Dick Knight, who happened to
be passing by, discovered the
blaze? which originated in the
attic. After notifying Mrs. J. .C.
Swanson, Knight rushed into the
burning house to rescue Miss
Swanson, who was confined to
her wheelchair.
Most of the damage was caus-
ed by water due to the fact that
it was necessary to flood the
house to reach the source of the
fire.
Another fire Saturday morn-
ing at 11 a. m. destroyed Frank
Stewart’s chicken house. The
latter, caused by burning trash,
resulted in an estimated $25.00
damage.
MERCHANTS DONATE
MATERIALS FOR
RENOVATING ROOMS
Several downtown merch-
ants have donated labor and
materials for renovating sev-
eral rooms and hallways in
the high school building here,
school board spokesmen an-
nounced this week.
There are many more rooms
in the building in need of re-
pair and other merchants who
wish to donate either materials
or labor or both may do so by
nentorting O. Dan Carter, Su-
perintendent.
TB X-Ray Program Quarterback club —
Set For Sept. 2-8
individuals in the county. “This is a tremendous under- are S200 for individilals and
The Department, of Health is 1 taking and will require a lot of $5.00 to 10.00 for business
- .— work by a large number of peop houses..
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ruetiertrnbmagrexistiin atae Lightening Strikes ■.
। ther dormant stage in an Indi I .. - nI
vidual for many years without > | W A HomAc Hora
his knowledge makes it extre- | ■ "IVI-• IIVI -r
"e" "PoTIa"" " Causes No Damage
Lightening struck two homes
during an electrical storm here
LOU HERTENBERGER
NAMED TO HEAD
ORGANIZATION
Every citizen of Grimes coun-Tuberculosis, according to Mr.
ty, fifteen years, of age and old’ Gauss, is not hereditary and no, . ------ .---- ------ —
er, will be eligible for a free tu- one is too old to acquire the dis- spent only by action of the board
bereulosis x-ray here September • ease.. of directors.’ V. V. Bryant.
2-8. These were the dates set i Lou Hertenberger, chairman of; president, said Tuesday The first
at a preliminary organizationithe health and safety committee project will be that of sending
meeting held Tuesday night at of the Chamber of 'Commerce, the football boys to camp at
the high school, was elected by those present to
Phillip W. Gauss, tuberculosis head this project. Mrs. Ruby Ez
field worker of the State Deszell and Mrs. R. A. Patout, Jr.
partment of Health, spoke to a | were elected co-chairmen.
3 A. D. Pratt, manager of the
. J. C. Penny store here since
January 1940. who is now com-
pleting his third term as city
commissioner, recently purchas-
ed a department store at Lake
Jackson, a Gulf Coast town of
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As to the age of Navasota,
there is still room for doubt, but,
in answer to the question posed
last week, our city lacks at least
' ten years of reaching its 100th
birthday.
« Mias Maurine Chinski is in po-
session of a copy of a speech de-
livered hero in 1878 by the late
’ Dr. Robert Kilpatrick, who serv-
ed as mayor of the city and, at
one time, as editor of the Nava-
. seta Tablot According to this
document Navasota was organ-
ised in 1859. but the charter was
not issued until 1880, which
would make Navasota approxi-
. t the
Examiner- Review, Mrs. Alice
Harrington of Millican said “I
believe that Navasota is 100
years old for in 1867 it was quite
a nice little town with the H.
Schumacher Oil Works and gin
under construction.”
Aacording to the Chamber of
Commerce pamphlet published
last year, the city of Navasota
6 love; George Duncan over
Gerald Zlotnick, 4-6, 6-4, 62; and
Leonard Coleman over H. Sell-
ers Rogers, 6 8, 6-3, 6-2. Matches
for the first round yet to be play I
ed are Sonny Ayres vs. Cook1
Swanson, Hulon Hall vs. Clyde;
Lee Prestwood, W. C, McGhee vs.
Charles Pederson, and R. D.
Nance vs. Colbert Coldwell.
The men’s doubled drawing
will be posted at Pederson’s
Drug within the next two or
three days, and the matches’ will ’
start Thursday or Friday of this
week.
Harris Foster, end; Joe Cook, gu-
' । ard; Harold Price, center or gu:
j ard; Bill Harrington, end; and
■ Mace Meekins and George Arn-
I old, tackles. •
the Navasota Kiwanis club and . Q_______
the Chamber of Commerce and m a .. _ e, .
Delegates to State
HD Convention Are
Selected By Council
Mrs. G. O. Braun, County T. H.
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Whitten, Bob. The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949, newspaper, August 4, 1949; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1445624/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Navasota Public Library.